18.9.16

Kaduna Earth Tremor Was Actually 2.6 Magnitude Earthquake – Official

The earth tremors that hat shook Kwoi in Jabba Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been confirmed by officials to be an earthquake.

Ofonime
Akpan, the head of the Head of Seismology Division at the Centre for
Geodesy and Geodynamics located in Toro Bauchi State, explained to the
press that the quake was 2.6 in magnitude.
According to Dr. Akpan, the centre was able to accurately record the size, location as well as the time of the two incidents.

“When we got there, we got the data, analysed the data and then
confirmed that it was actually an earthquake – 2.6. That was why it was
just within the locality of Kwoi, except maybe up to about four to five
kilometres around Kwoi,” Dr. Akpan told Channels TV.

“We tried to assure them (residents) that they should not panic. ‘This is a natural occurrence, so you don’t have to panic. We saw some cracks on buildings and in some places the ceilings fell down but for us those were minor,” he said.

He
went on to explain that earthquakes occur as a result of the buildup of
pressure over time and “when one happens, there is what we call
‘strength drop’ which means the likelihood of it reoccurring in that
place is low”.